Training in the safe driving of buses and coaches is already something almost all operations are doing, however Golden Boy Coaches has taken it a step further. The Hertfordshire based operator has been giving its team training in cycle awareness. No, it is not expanding into operating bicycles; rather it is allowing its drivers to […]
Working alongside Connections who will be supplying the vehicle. We will journey via Eurotunnel to the Ibis Styles Lille Centre Gares on Friday 16 October, arriving early evening allowing you to sample the delights of Lille. On Saturday morning we will drive to the exhibition, to view all the international industry has to offer. In […]
FirstGroup’s three year charity partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support has been nominated for Third Sector magazine’s Business Charity Awards 2015. The operator’s association with the cause drew to a close on 31 March. It was nominated in the Award’s charity partnership category, along with entries from Boeing, E.On, Keyline and Slimming World. The awards ceremony […]
A 1971 AEC Reliance Plaxton Elite sold for £9,500 at last week’s auction of part of Go Goodwin’s vintage coach collection. It was one of four AECs going under the hammer at the event held on 25 April, as advertised in last week’s B&CB (B&CB 1324, page 50). A Plaxton Supreme bodied Seddon Pennine VII […]
Charlie Irons Coaches Ltd (Edinburgh) has added to its fleet the 200th Unvi Touring to be built. The Touring GT is built on a Mercedes-Benz Atego 1524 Euro6 chassis with full air suspension. It is specified with Powershift 3 transmission and has 37 Politecnica GTV passenger seats, a courier seat, a rear floor mounted toilet, […]
Ellesmere Port based Carvers Coaches has taken delivery of a new Scania Irizar i-Skool 70-seater coach. It is based on the Scania K 320 IB4x2 chassis with a 320hp Euro5 engine and fully automated Opticruise gear selection system. It is specified with all age three point seatbelts, an air conditioning system and extra tinted side […]
Wigan based Olympia Travel UK has added a 12.9m Irizar i6 Integral to its fleet. In Grand UK livery, the coach follows a similar i6 Integral delivered last year. This latest vehicle has 53 seats, a toilet, a DVD player, a reversing camera, a reversing alarm, a drinks machine and an air conditioning system. It […]
A new ADL Enviro200 on Stagecoach’s 30/31 route in Hayling has been named Peter Chilvers, after the inventor of windsurfing. The operator ran a competition to name the bus, one of five new vehicles, which was won by Gil Carter. Peter Chilvers is a former Hayling Island resident who was an inventor, engineer and promoter […]